I will expose Blatter, says angry Warner
June 6, 2011 - 0:0
Banned powerbrokers Jack Warner and Mohamed bin Hammam could face more charges as the FIFA corruption inquiry gathers pace.
While Warner, president of the North American and Caribbean federation, CONCACAF, threatened to unleash more of his ‘footballing tsunami’ in an effort to clear his name, FIFA sources told the Mail on Sunday that the inquiry, led by former FBI director Louis Freeh, is looking at new allegations.Despite the mounting evidence submitted to FIFA’s ethics committee, including photographs of $100 bills in brown envelopes, Warner and Bin Hammam deny any involvement in the scandal which allegedly involved payments of up to $40,000 to delegates at a meeting in Trinidad to secure votes for Bin Hammam, while he was challenging Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency.
Part of Warner’s defence is that 13 Caribbean nations have come forward to say no meeting ever took place. But one insider said: ‘For 13 CFU associations to claim nothing happened is demonstrably false. There are witnesses who saw people — among those very same people who sent in those letters — walk into the room and out of it.’
Warner has threatened to finally snare Blatter, who was exonerated by the ethics committee from any wrongdoing.
‘When you come on Sunday . . . I will read for all of you the email I sent to Mr Blatter immediately following the meeting in Port of Spain,’ said Warner.
‘The email I sent to Mr Blatter is crystal clear and it tells you what happened at the meeting and, of course, what transpired. That email went to FIFA, has never been made public and Sunday it will be.’
Whistle-blower Chuck Blazer has attempted to resume his duties as CONCACAF general secretary, despite efforts by Warner and CONCACAF acting president Lisle Austin to prevent him from providing more evidence.
Austin was himself was provisionally banned for an alleged rule violation, as the infighting reached new heights.
(Source: DailyMail)